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Street Books: What I learned from Ben

My friend Ben likes chess and bad puns, and he cooks a mean pot roast on Sundays. He is a seasoned Dumpster diver, and his scores include a taxidermied armadillo (whom he calls Armando), and an ancient Spanish-English dictionary. He has a funny, wry wit a ...

25 Sep 2014 - Laura Moulton
Down and out in Old Town/Chinatown

Looking up from 75 feet away I could see the three-day notice taped to my door. So on the ninth anniversary of nine eleven I’m eighty-sixed. Coincidence? You decide. The shock of the sudden transition: In Old Town with a few spare clothes and a couple bl ...

13 Sep 2014 - Ben Hodgson
Ben Parzybok talks “Sherwood Nation,” his sci-fi novel set in a future blighted by climate change

Ben Parzybok’s first novel, “ Couch ” rose from the primordial sludge of the slush pile at Small Beer Press in 2008. Next month, Parzybok’s second novel, “ Sherwood Nation ” will be released. He will be reading at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at Powell’ ...

11 Sep 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Lives lived unconventionally connect author and readers

Lives lived unconventionally connect author and readers by Laura Moulton, Contributing Writers In the early 1990s, in Provo, Utah, I worked at the Food and Shelter Coalition, in a worn two-story white house with a square of grass in front. In the main roo ...

24 May 2012 - Street Roots
Street Books brings a good read to people on the streets

Street Books brings a good read to people on the streets This summer, Portland writer and educator Laura Moulton took it upon herself to bring a mobile library to the streets. Her project captured the attention of not only people experiencing homelessness ...

12 Sep 2011 - Street Roots
The making of a killer breadmaker: Dave Killer Bread

The making of a killer breadmaker: Dave Killer Bread By Laura Moulton, Contributing Writer At first glance, Varinthorn Christopher and Dave Dahl appear to have nothing in common. She is a Thai artist born in Bangkok, and he is a 6-foot-tall ex-con with a ...

20 Jan 2011 - Street Roots
A pleasure trip to Rio becomes an exploration into the real world of Brazil’s masses

A pleasure trip to Rio becomes an exploration into the real world of Brazil’s masses by Laura Moulton, Contributing Writer Last fall while preparing for a trip to Brazil, I did research online and discovered an article in the New Yorker about the favelas, ...

24 Jun 2010 - Street Roots